| Page Views: 33,777 Last Visit to Washington D.C.: October, 2004 | Neither American nor European City :-) by matcrazy1 - last update: Mar 1, 2007 |
My hellish and kiddy dream comes true :-) I didn't know a lot about the capital of the USA before my visit in 2004. First of all, I wanted to see the two symbols of the only world's superpower: the Capitol and the White House. I have watched them thousands times on TV. It is interesting that TV wizzards (unfairly in all channels!) tend to enlarge the White House and reduce the Capitol building on my TV screen. Well, I knew also about the Arlington Cemetery and the Pentagon but technically they were located across the Potomac River, NOT in DC but in Arlington, Virginia. Well, it's an American speciality to divide one city into a few and never combine a few cities, located one by one, into one. They love freedom :-).
Living in Poland, on the wrong side of the Iron Curtain I, a teenager that time, paradoxically could watch Washington, DC more often than Moscow in so-called "Polish" TV. However I could only watch the sea of never ending slums (where to hell they had found them in DC ?) and hear all the time about unbelievable poverty, the world's highest crime rate, continous ethnic violence, thousands of homeless families, prostitutes, drug/alcohol addicted, street children etc. etc. From time to time I could watch peaceful demostrations against "imperialistic US government" brutally pacified by "rude and violent police". Washington was real hell and the worst place on our planet in my TV, radio and newspapers until 1989. This irritating and certainly false Soviet propaganda was spread daily through all mass media but somehow couldn't influence me. Right opposite, my young heart wanted to free from "the heaven" I was told to live in to '"the hell" of the USA and its "awful, imperialistic" capital. It was a dream that time! In 1980' I had never thought that this kiddy dream would ever come true during my life.
|
VT-meeting :-) My best memory from Washington, D.C. is time which I spent together with great VT-friends:
- Kathy from Dallas, Texas (Kodi01)
- Kristi from Chicago, Illinois (Dabs)
- Tania from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (skye820),
- Chris from Atlanta, Georgia (balfor)
- Kent from Fairfax, Virginia (Kentbein)
- Nat from Richmond, Virginia (b1bob).First, it was very moving that these friends came from so far and wide to meet us... Then, they welcomed us on American soil like we were a king and queen or a rock star. We had great time... I'm speechless.. Let's meet again... Welcome to Poland.
On the picture (from the left):
- Kathy.
- Kent,
- Urszula (matcrazy0),
- Tania,
- Chris,
- Kristi.Details on our Washington VT-meeting are put in my Nightlife tips and travelogues titled "We". Welcome :-)
|
> Add to your Custom Travel Guide [What's This?]
| Pros: | "It's the Federal City! VT-ers I've met, countless free of charge tourist attractions, convenient public transportation" | | Cons: | "It's the Federal City! Burning in summer, freezing in winter!" | | In A Nutshell: | "Take a week or two off, keep smiling and go! DC awaits!" |
matcrazy1's Washington D.C. Travel Tips
 matcrazy1's Washington D.C. Travelogues | | | |
|
 Comments for matcrazy1 about Washington D.C. | | | | |
counsel14 Thu Oct 1, 2009 03:30 UTC
Matt, I LOVED you washington DC tips. I grew up a couple of miles south of here and love the city. Hope you can come back soon. Susan | Pawtuxet Wed Aug 5, 2009 13:24 UTC
Matt...back to your DC page again. Glad I broke the rule and returned to Poland... and met you again. Hope you return to DC one day to continue exploring that fabulous city. It's worth a dozen trips. | icunme Mon Jul 20, 2009 08:25 UTC
Hi Matt - came to see Poland and am lured back to a nostalgic tour of D.C. w/you. Will always return....... Ciao, Carol | irisha Sun Jun 14, 2009 16:36 UTC
thanks for this extensive information on D.C.! Helped me remember some of the things I saw there back in 2006 and even learn new stuff about the city :) carry on the amazing work :) |
|
Washington D.C. Hotels
- Reno Hotels
- Howard Johnson Reno
567 West Fourth Street, , Reno, Washington D.C. 89, Reno
- Wildflower Village
4275-4395 West Fourth Street, , Reno, Washington D, Reno
- Lenox
427 Evans Ave., , Reno, Washington D.C. 89501, Reno
- Adventure Inn
321 9th Street, Reno
- Sundowner
450 North Arlington, , Reno, Washington D.C. 89503, Reno
|
email me
add as friend
